Thyroxine binding globulin (tbg) at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$4.66
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$14.28
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$2.86 with Blue Shield CA vs $94.25 with Care 1st — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2.86 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $3.57 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.86 | ↓ -17% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $6.57 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8.00 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $8.57 | ↑ +84% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $8.86 | ↑ +90% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9.29 | ↑ +99% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $10.71 | ↑ +130% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11.43 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $11.71 | ↑ +151% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +206% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $16.43 | ↑ +253% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $17.85 | ↑ +283% |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $17.85 | ↑ +283% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $17.85 | ↑ +283% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $17.85 | ↑ +283% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $17.85 | ↑ +283% |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17.85 | ↑ +283% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $18.57 | ↑ +298% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $18.57 | ↑ +298% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.42 | ↑ +360% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.42 | ↑ +360% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.19 | ↑ +398% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.19 | ↑ +398% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $32.97 | ↑ +608% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32.97 | ↑ +608% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $55.58 | ↑ +1093% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $94.25 | ↑ +1923% |
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Thyroxine binding globulin (tbg) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $18.15 | $2.96 – $28.13 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $63.72 | $14.48 – $112.77 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6.12 | $7.14 – $38.09 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $9.52 | $7.73 – $14.28 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5.60 | $3.86 – $44.78 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5.30 | $7.14 – $42.49 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5.25 | $7.14 – $42.49 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $63.72 | $14.78 – $142.52 |